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The Forgotten Man by Amity Shlaes (2007, Hardcover) 
The Forgotten Man by Amity Shlaes (2007, Hardcover)

 
The Forgotten Man by Amity Shlaes (2007, Hardcover)

Author: Amity Shlaes
Publisher: Harpercollins
Publication Date: 2007-06-01
Language: English
Format: Hardcover
ISBN-10: 0066211700
ISBN-13: 9780066211701
Product ID: EPID57196703
Description: It's difficult today to imagine how America survived the Great Depression--only through the stories of the common people who struggled during that era can we really understand it. These people are at the heart of this reinterpretation of...
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Synopsis
It's difficult today to imagine how America survived the Great Depression--only through the stories of the common people who struggled during that era can we really understand it. These people are at the heart of this reinterpretation of one of the most crucial events of the twentieth century. Author Shlaes presents the neglected and moving stories of individual Americans, and shows how through brave leadership they helped establish the steadfast character we developed as a nation. Shlaes also traces the mounting agony of the New Dealers themselves as they discovered their errors. She shows how both Hoover and Roosevelt failed to understand the prosperity of the 1920s and heaped massive burdens on the country that more than offset the benefit of New Deal programs. The real question about the Depression, she argues, is not whether Roosevelt ended it--it is why it lasted so long.--From publisher description.

This social history of the Great Depression focuses on the everyday lives of the people and how they were affected, and it includes fascinating details and high-interest profiles of famous and not-so famous Americans. Amity Shlaes takes a somewhat revisionist position on the causes of the Depression and the reasons it was eventually alleviated. One of her provocative questions is: Why did it last as long as it did?

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Publication Date:2007-06-01

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Length:464 pages
Height:9.3 in
Width:6.8 in
Thickness:1.5 in
Weight:26.4 oz

Publisher's Note
A reinterpretation of the Great Depression seeks to demonstrate how the failures of Hoover and Roosevelt to understand the prosperity of the 1920s directly contributed to massive national burdens that marginalized everyday citizens, in an account that shares the survival stories of lesser-known historical figures from the period. 75,000 first printing.

Industry Reviews
"A breezy narrative....rather than telling a new story, [Amity Shlaes]
tells an old one...in a fresh way....[A] thoughtful, even-tempered corrective to the too-often unbalanced celebrations of FDR...."
(04/02/2007)

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